Verse 02 - Video

[poeticverses]

[Jehan has Problem, and this seems to be the fastest way to find a solution for it even though these things still confuse him. So, he turns it on with a shy smile, looking much less beat to hell then in his first request for help a few weeks ago. However, he looks like someone who really hasn't been getting much sleep, dark circles and everything.

He's also in a pink waistcoat that really does not go with his red hair. This is why Jean Prouvaire is not allowed to buy his own clothing. He normally knows better, but lack of sleep leads to weird ideas and he's not one to fight them.

Sorry.]

Does...with so many different people here, I was hoping someone would be able to help me. I haven't been sleeping well, since my arrival, and it is starting to take its toll on me. I am in need of a sleeping draught or laudanum or...anything, really, to aid my sleep. Not wine or--other alcohol, though. That only works temporarily. Otherwise, I am open to any suggestions you may have.

Ah--thank you.

[And he cuts it]

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[fotia]

[ ...do 19th c french people all dress like this? oh well w/e man, leo don't judge ]

I'd say it looks like a job for Hypnos, Monsieur Prouvaire, [ i'm sorry he's getting such a kick out of saying all these french names, even if he IS still saying it with a distinct American accent... ] but I don't think the gods can hear us here. Not that they're much help in the first place, though. So instead I offer you the more reliable sleeping pills!

[poeticverses]

[He's trying at least?

Leo, not Jehan. He's just got bad tasted exacerbated by sleep deprivation and exhaustion]

You have something?

[fotia]

[a nod!] Of course I do! Just leave it to the Amazing and Tragically Handsome Leo Valdez!

[ok a bit more seriously now] I haven't actually tried summoning pills or any medical stuff yet, but I can try! So would you want some?

[poeticverses]

[Ignoring the ego because really kid]

...summoning? What do you mean?

[fotia]

[ oh jehan if only you knew how fake this ego is...! ]

It's a demigod perk thing. [ he has a magical toolbelt.. :| ] But I assure you that I am 100% not a drug dealer and that the sleeping pills have been approved by the FDA or whatever body approves pills and stuff. I think.

[poeticverses]

...You do realize I haven't the faintest idea what anything after "demigod" is, yes?

[fotia]

Oh, right right, hundreds of years behind and all that. [ he waves a hand in the air ]

Well, in the future, we have these little handy pills. There are pills for nausea, pills for headaches, pills for the side-effects of taking pills for headaches and nausea... Along those lines of pills are those for sleeping! Cool, huh?

[poeticverses]

[He frowns more]

The future seems very heavily reliant on pills.

[fotia]

Hmm... Guess it kind of looks that way, huh? [ he's never really thought of that before tbh ]

[poeticverses]

It does, yes. Are you certain they are safe?

[fotia]

I haven't tried sleeping pills yet, to be honest, but it should be fine as long as you don't get too dependent on it and you follow the directions on the bot--oh, right. You're Fench. If I get you some I'm not that sure I can get one with French instructions. Wow uh, this is beginning to look like a pretty bad idea--not like I haven't had any pretty bad ideas, because believe me it's like I always end up taking the worst possible choice whenever I can--and maybe I should have thought this through before opening my mouth...

[ he pauses for a while, then adds, a bit jokingly ] So what about that earlier idea of trying to ask for Hypnos's favor instead?

[poeticverses]

[Jehan bites back a laugh. Leo's trying, he can tell, and it's very kind]

If Hypnos could bless me with dreamless sleep even for a night, I would be forever in his--and your--debt.

[fotia]

Oh. So the lack of sleep is because of dreams? [ he kind of gets the whole i-want-a-dreamless-sleep thing though ] I've been thinking of building a machine that lets people have a dreamless sleep, but then more important stuff got in the way. I'll let you know when I do manage to build one, though!

[poeticverses]

You can do that? Create a machine for dreamless sleep?

[fotia]

Could I? Well, Monsieur Prouvaire, it just so happens that you are talking to a super-genius mechanic! If you can think it, I can make it possible!

I'm not really that familiar with the specifics of dreaming but I've heard about REM before and how people can sometimes control their dreams. I think that if I create some kind of device that can flash LED-lights faint enough not to wake you up but still enough for your brain to register them, with the right flash pattern and programming--thank the gods for Daedalus's Laptop I don't know what I would do without her, and by the way Annabeth still needs to give her a proper name but I'm getting slightly off topic here. What was I saying? Oh yeah, with the right LED-light flash pattern I could create a sequence that can either give you control of your dreams or, with a few more adjustments, eliminate dreaming altogether--

[ if you want to interrupt him, jehan, now's the time

if not though then lol sit back and enjoy the rambling ]

[poeticverses]

[Jehan just sort of tunes it out for a bit, wondering just how weird the future is until something hits him.

Demigod = half a god. Logically, the child would take after their divine parent (at least that is the reason so many kings claimed to be the son of Zeus, Jehan thinks). Leo is babbling about technology.

Jehan's antiquated. He's not stupid.]

Forgive me, but did you say in our first conversation you were a demigod?

[fotia]

[ leo is about to list the different tools and materials needed to build his newest invention when the question snaps him back to attention ]

Huh? Oh. Yeah, I did mention that, didn't I? Yep, one demigod right here.

[poeticverses]

Hephaestus? Forgive me if that is too forward, but I--think, a lot, and I am curious.

[fotia]

[ there's the briefest pause at that; he surely hasn't kept his godly parent a secret from other demigods, and annabeth apparently likes just throwing around the fact that he's the son of hephaestus to everyone who she thinks needs his skills, but he hesitates, anyway because, well, as far as he knows jehan is just a mortal.

he's not really sure how much jehan knows about the gods. maybe if he keeps the focus on the blacksmith stuff jehan won't remember the whole fire thing?

So he hastily puts on a grin. ]

Yep, that's right. Leo Valdez, Son of Hephaestus the God of the Forge, at your service!

[poeticverses]

[Oh, he remembers the fire thing. He just doesn't think that's something Leo could do. That's divine. He's not.]

That explains quite a bit. You...know quite a bit about future technology, or at least I'm assuming you do.

[fotia]

I don't just know them, man, I build them! You should see my labor of love! It's a 200 feet long flying ship with a bronze hull and a fire-breathing dragon masthead--the dragon's named Festus, by the way, he's a really great guy--and equipped with repeating crossbows. It's a spankin' hot war machine, is what I'm saying. I call it the Argo II.

[ he is positively beaming rn he is really proud of his ship ok ]

[poeticverses]

[Jehan can tell]

A flying ship?

[fotia]

I know; I'm such a genius I just can't stand myself sometimes!

[poeticverses]

Are flying ships common in the future?

[fotia]

What? No! Well, not yet, at least. But then again, that's why I'm such a genius.

Although I met someone who said flying cars are a thing in her world, so there's that, too!